Floating Point Modes - 1: Introduction And Localisation - HP RPN SCIENTIFIC WP 34S Owner's Manual

Floating Point Modes – 1: Introduction and Localisation
Floating point modes cover the 'usual' numbers you calculate with: decimal real or
complex numbers, fractions, measured values, times and dates. DECM is the startup
default mode of your WP 34S. Many commands apply exclusively to it and its sub-modes.
Set display preferences according to your region's practices at once using single
dedicated commands:
Command
SETCHN
SETEUR
SETIND
SETJPN
SETUK
SETUSA
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See http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/DecimalSeparator.svg
mark use. Looks like an even score in this matter. Thus, the international standard ISO 31-0 allows either a
decimal point or a comma as radix mark, and requires a narrow blank as separator of digit groups to avoid
misunderstandings. The numeric display hardware of HP-20b or HP-30b, however, does not allow for
narrow blanks.
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See http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Date_format_by_country.svg
date formats used. The international standard ISO 8601:2004 states 24h for times, Y.MD for dates. This
combination is commonly used in East Asia.
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This column states the year the Gregorian Calendar was introduced in the particular region, typically
replacing the Julian Calendar (in East Asia, national calendars were replaced in the respective years). Your
WP 34S supports both 1582 and 1752. See the index of operations for JG1582 and JG1752.
WP 34S Owner's Manual
Radix Time Date
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mark
RDX. 24h Y.MD
RDX, 24h D.MY
RDX. 24h D.MY
RDX. 24h Y.MD
RDX. 12h D.MY
RDX. 12h M.DY
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JG Three digit
separators
1949 TSOFF
1582 TSON
1752 TSOFF
1873 TSON
1752 TSON
1752 TSON
Edition 3.1
Remarks
Would require separators
every four digits.
SETEUR applies to South
America as well. It also ap-
plies to Russia, Vietnam,
Indonesia, and South
Africa, but with deviating
JG's.
Would require separators
every two digits over 10
Applies also to Pakistan,
Bangladesh, and Sri
Lanka.
Applies also to Australia
and New Zealand. 24h is
taking over in the UK.
for a world map of radix
for a world map of
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